U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Monthly Statistical Snapshot, May 2008
 

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Additional details may be found in the SSI Monthly Statistics.

NOTE: Effective with the December 2007 OASDI data, persons wanting detailed monthly OASDI information should visit the Office of the Actuary's Web site for Beneficiary Data. The OASDI snapshot tables will still be provided by the Office of Policy.

Table 1.
Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both, May 2008 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary Total Social
Security only		 SSI only Both Social
Security
and SSI
All beneficiaries 55,219 47,811 4,802 2,606
Aged 65 or older 36,344 34,324 866 1,154
Disabled, under age 65 a 11,819 6,431 3,936 1,452
Other b 7,056 7,056 . . . . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are for the end of the specified month. Only Social Security beneficiaries in current-payment status are included.
. . . = not applicable.
a. Includes children receiving SSI on the basis of their own disability.
b. Social Security beneficiaries who are neither aged nor disabled (for example, early retirees, young survivors).
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.
Table 2.
Social Security benefits, May 2008
Type of beneficiary Beneficiaries Total monthly
benefits
(millions
of dollars)		 Average
monthly
benefit
(dollars)
Number
(thousands)		 Percent
All beneficiaries a 50,417 100.0 49,948 990.70
Old-Age Insurance
Retired workers 31,901 63.3 34,569 1,083.60
Spouses 2,415 4.8 1,286 532.60
Children 516 1.0 279 541.70
Survivors Insurance
Widow(er)s and parents b 4,418 8.8 4,526 1,024.40
Widowed mothers and fathers c 159 0.3 124 774.80
Children 1,934 3.8 1,369 707.80
Disability Insurance
Disabled workers 7,209 14.3 7,241 1,004.50
Spouses 154 0.3 41 265.30
Children 1,711 3.4 513 299.90
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are for the end of the specified month. Only beneficiaries in current-payment status are included.
Some Social Security beneficiaries are entitled to more than one type of benefit. In most cases, they are dually entitled to a worker benefit and a higher spouse or widow(er) benefit. If both benefits are financed from the same trust fund, the beneficiary is usually counted only once in the statistics, as a retired-worker or a disabled-worker beneficiary, and the benefit amount recorded is the larger amount associated with the auxiliary benefit. If the benefits are paid from different trust funds the beneficiary is counted twice, and the respective benefit amounts are recorded for each type of benefit.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s aged 60 or older, disabled widow(er)s aged 50 or older, and dependent parents of deceased workers aged 62 or older.
c. A widow(er) or surviving divorced parent caring for the entitled child of a deceased worker who is under age 16 or is disabled.
CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164 or oasdi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.
Table 3.
Supplemental Security Income recipients, May 2008
Age Recipients Total
payments a
(millions
of dollars)		 Average
monthly
payment b
(dollars)
Number
(thousands)		 Percent
All recipients 7,408 100.0 3,777 477.70
Under 18 1,124 15.2 669 571.20
18–64 4,263 57.5 2,310 492.70
65 or older 2,020 27.3 798 394.00
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Data are for the end of the specified month.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.